From the Earth to the Moon

{{TR|Edward Roth}}. This translation begins: "It was during the great Civil War of the United States, that a new and influential club started in Baltimore, Maryland. Every body knows the astonishing energy with which the military instinct suddenly developed itself in that shipbuilding, engineering, and commercial nation."

Translated by Edward Roth. Originally published as "The Baltimore Gun Club" (1874, Philadelphia: King & Baird). Cover illustration is a colored woodcut from original edition by known artists.